I used Baby Bel mushrooms and one can of Mild Rotel Tomatoes & Chilies as substitutes for the regular mushrooms and tomatoes. I also chopped up four sausage soy patties in the soup. Instead of adding V8, I used a can of vegetable broth and a can of low-fat beef broth. Great soup for a cold night.
- 1/24/12

I love this recipe! I too did the cabbage soup diet years ago...and find myself craving the soup every once in a while. I love the onion flavour! You can change it up by adding different veggies, salsa, spices, etc.
- 11/3/10

Love this soup! I did the whole cabbage soup diet as a teen and lost quite a bit of weight on it. I don't think I would ever subject my body to that again but adding the soup to a healthy diet can help. Have a bowl before your meal then you won't be tempted to over eat on things that you shouldn't.
- 4/30/15

Does anyone know if the 'Nutritional Info' includes the 'optional V8 juice'??? I don't use the soup mix. I use low sodium V8. No Bullion either. I eat it with a pinch of cayenne pepper and a dash of vinegar....makes it taste like irish corned beef and cabbage (minus the corned beef) :)
- 11/4/13

I added some cumin to the soup to balance the taste and smell of the cabbage.. amazing especially also with some spices, jalapeno peppers... keeps you full and not thinking about the next meal :)
- 6/21/12

This soup is one my wife used to make for herself all the time before we got married. We made for the first time the other night. It was incredible. We used beef stock as well as chicken and added lots of various herbs and spices. No mushrooms or canned tomatoes. It was incredible.
- 7/21/11